LOS ANGELES Special agents with the FBI on Wednesday arrested a Southern California man for allegedly soliciting investments in a company he claimed would be used to market pills to prevent coronavirus…
Pennsylvania Attorney Indicted for Role in $2.7 Million Ponzi Scheme
PENNSYLVANIA An Allentown attorney has been charged for his role in a $2.7 million investment fraud scheme that victimized his law clients, according to an unsealed superseding indictment. Todd H. Lahr, 60,…
What The Law States About Racial Profiling — Lawsuit Cost City $75,000
Audit The Audit, where we sort out the who and what and the right and wrong of police interactions. The illegal and inappropriate actions taken by some officers cost cities…
Feds File First Enforcement Action Against Coronavirus Fraud
TEXAS The Department of Justice announced Sunday that it has taken its first action in federal court to combat fraud related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The enforcement action filed Sunday in…
Feds: Singaporean Shipping Co. Fined $1.65 Million for Illegal Discharges of Oily Water
CALIFORNIA Unix Line PTE Ltd., a Singapore-based shipping company, was sentenced Friday in federal court after pleading guilty to a violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, authorities announced Saturday….
MSNBC: Supreme Court Postpones Oral Arguments Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
The United States Supreme Court is postponing oral arguments until an undetermined date due to the coronavirus pandemic which is spreading across the country. Aired on 03/16/2020.
DOJ Urges People to Report Suspected COVID-19 Fraud Using Hotline
The Department of Justice is urging the public to report suspected fraud schemes related to COVID-19 (the Coronavirus). Call the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) hotline (1-866-720-5721) or by e-mailing the…
Six Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges, Multiple Firearms, Ammunition, Drugs Seized
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA More than 80 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers and agents in several Richmond neighborhoods executed arrested warrants this week resulting in six arrests of individuals on drug trafficking…
Fundraiser Guilty of Corruption Charge For Delivering Bribe to Member of LA City Council
LOS ANGELES A political fundraiser plead guilty to a federal bribery offense for coordinating a $500,000 cash payment get help from an elected member of the Los Angeles City Council in resolving…
FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Ten Most Wanted Fugitives Notice: The official FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list is maintained on the FBI website. RAFAEL CARO-QUINTERO ROBERT WILLIAM FISHER BHADRESHKUMAR CHETANBHAI PATEL ALEJANDRO ROSALES CASTILLO ARNOLDO JIMENEZ…
California Man Sentenced to Four Years for Spying for China
SAN FRANCISCO Xuehua (Edward) Peng aka Edward Peng was sentenced this week to four years in prison, and ordered to pay a $30,000 fine for spying for China, according to federal officials….
Man Charged with Threatening to Kill U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff of California
Robert M. Phelps, 62, of Torrington, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with threatening to murder U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff of California. Phelps was arrested on March 13. Following his arrest,…